milk type
Cow
ingredients
Raw Cow's MILK, Salt, Cheese Cultures, Animal Rennet
coagulant
Animal Rennet
milk treatment
Raw
location
Alford, Lincolnshire
milk source
Own herd
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milk type
Cow
ingredients
Raw Cow's MILK, Salt, Cheese Cultures, Animal Rennet
coagulant
Animal Rennet
milk treatment
Raw
location
Alford, Lincolnshire
milk source
Own herd
breed
Holstein; Various in minority
average age
48 Months
cheesemakers
Simon Jones; Richard Tagg
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The curds for Poacher Fifty were accidently heated to 50 degrees celsius, rather than the conventional 40 degrees celsius.
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FAQs
As a general rule of thumb, we would recommend roughly between 100 and 150 grams per person for after dinner, and a bit more if cheese is the focus of the meal. If you are buying cheese to serve over a couple of days or as part of a buffet, it is advisable to buy a few larger pieces. This will both look better and keep better than many small bits. To help visualise weights, a good tip is to consider that a regular supermarket pat of butter weighs between 200 and 250 grams. If you are at all unsure please give us a call for some advice.
The best option is to keep your cheese wrapped in its paper within a box in the fridge. This will prevent the cheese from drying out and absorbing other flavours. Your cheese will arrive wrapped in waxed cheese paper, which achieves the best possible balance between maintaining humidity around the cheese and allowing it to breathe. We are happy to provide some free extra cheese paper, just search for "cheese paper" and add it to your basket. We don't recommend cling film or foil as it can cause the cheese to sweat which will negatively affect the flavour.
Poacher Fifty
Poacher Fifty is significantly firmer and drier than our normal profile of Lincolnshire Poacher with strong, toasty flavours
The curds for Poacher Fifty were accidently heated to 50 degrees celsius, rather than the conventional 40 degrees celsius.
milk type
Cow
ingredients
Raw Cow's MILK, Salt, Cheese Cultures, Animal Rennet
coagulant
Animal Rennet
milk treatment
Raw
location
Alford, Lincolnshire
milk source
Own herd
breed
Holstein; Various in minority
average age
48 Months
cheesemakers
Simon Jones; Richard Tagg
background
A key process in the Cheddar make is scalding, when the cheesemaker heats the curd. For the batch of cheeses that make up Poacher Fifty, the curd was heated to 50 degrees celsius by accident, rather than the usual 40. These cheeses were kept and aged, and are now 4 years old. The resulting cheese is significantly firmer than a standard batch, with strong, toasty flavours. Taste Lincolnshire Poacher alongside Poacher 50 to see how these small changes in the make can have a big effect on the resulting cheese.